Dallape
SUPERMAESTRO Serial Number 29894
Dear Accordion Friends,
This is a gorgeous accordion in
excellent condition. It is so difficult to find one of these classic
Dallape instruments from the early 1950s with Giovanni Gola's
original tuning. The interior is generously polished. The serial
number is proudly engraved or stamped on the back of the accordion,
each reed block, the tone chamber, bellows frame, and many metal
parts. The tone is powerful with both intensity and overtones. Even
though the accordion looks new it plays without any effort.
- Serial Number 29894, made in Italy in the 1950s
- Some of the best hand-made reeds from the
"Golden Age" of the Accordion manufacturing
- 4 treble sets of reeds - LM1M2H - from deep rich bassoon to
penetrating piccolo
- Concert Tuned
- 5 sets of bass reeds
- Double tone chamber (L-M1)
- 41 keys, 19-3/8" keyboard - walnut keys
with white key tops
- 15 different
treble
switches: Harmonium (LM1H), Clarinet (M1), Flute (M1H), Bandonion (LM1), Bassoon
(L), Accordion (LM1M2), Violin (M1M2), Master (LM1M2H), Organ
(LH), Musette
(M1M2H), Piccolo
(H),
Flute' (M2H), Bandonion'
(LM2), Oboe (M2), and
Harmonium' (LM2H).
- Palm Master (LM1M2H)
- 120 bass with 6 bass registers - clean and shiny chrome plating,
smooth noise free operation
- Low-A bass reed configuration
- Original
bass strap in very good condition
- New
shoulder straps
- New
bellows protector
- ~27 lb.
- New bass strap
- New shoulder straps
- Very nice case with lots
of padding
- One year warranty serviced at the Accordion Gallery in Landing, NJ
Here
is a link to a Dropbox folder where you can see more high resolution
photographs and hear sound samples of this instrument. I
suggest you listen with headphones:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tasy0gueueqj23s/Dallape-Supermaestro-29894.wav?dl=0
Please, reed the comments in the pictures area
for more more details and better appreciation of the Dallape legacy.
This
accordion
will make you sound better!
The
original key valves are excellent.
The sound
board is covered with leather to reduce the intrinsic valve noise and
improve compression.
The
keyboard was serviced in October 2020.
The body
of the accordion is made on mahogany.
The
quality of the leather used through (sound boards, reed valves) is
superior to the materials used today.
The
original tuning holds remarkably well. There is not even a single
tuning mark on the reed tongues.
Master
Giovanni Gola tuned on the inside of the reed tongues.
Many
people mistaken hand-made reeds with hand-riveted reeds. Please, note
that Dallape used machines for
the
initial punch of the rivets. Then after precise voicing the riveting was
finished by hand. Dallape reeds never
have
loose rivets which was a typical problem with many other famous reed
brands.
The reed
tongues were truly hand-made. They hold the voicing and tuning over many
decades.
These are
genuine hand-made piccolo reeds. Please, observe closely all the
details.
Even the
best reed makes of today can't make these reeds so precisely for the
highest octave piccolo range.
There is
no doubt Dallape is knows with its tonal clarity and the organ switch is
absolutely fantastic.
A closer
look st the bass reeds...
Call 973-770-6877 with any questions.
